Origin of the name ELFRIC.
Etymology of the
name ELFRIC.
Meaning of the baby name ELFRIC.

... In 992 we have the first of the
long series of "inexplicable treasons" of Elfric,
ealdorman of Hampshire and Berkshire. The king and all his witan
had decided that all the ships that were of any value should be
collected in London. The command of this naval armament was entrusted to
Ealdorman Elfric, with three colleagues, two of whom were
bishops, and they were ordered to intercept the invading host while
still upon the high seas. But Elfric gave private warning to the
Danish leaders, and on the evening before the day on which the battle
was to have been fought, he stole away by himself from the fyrd,...
(The Political History of England, Hunt-Poole, 1906)